CDC: Swine flu claims 1st victim in US [Mexican citizen]

[Dojo]

CDC: Swine flu claims 1st victim in US
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The CDC says swine flu has killed a 23-month-old child in Texas. It's the first U.S. death in the current outbreak.

The flu death was confirmed Wednesday by Dr. Richard Besser, acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In an interview with CNN, he gave no other details about the child.

[pacelli]

31,299 to go before I start to buy into the fear conditioning.

[TonySutton]

The child was a Mexican national who was brought into the US for health care.

[ChristopherJ]

The child was a Mexican national who was brought into the US for health care.


Can you tell me where you got this info?

[ChristopherJ]

Nevermind I found reference to the childs nationality Here (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090429/ts_nm/us_flu_127)


A health official said the baby was Mexican and was in the United States for medical treatment.

[fisharmor]

IBC says almost 100,000 have died in Iraq.
Kind of puts swine flu in perspective.

[LibertyEagle]

We shouldn't be letting ANYONE enter our country with a frickin' contagious disease like this. We USED to know better. :rolleyes:

[TonySutton]

ahhh, actually after an update they now say the child took ill after entering the US.

[RadioDJforPaul]

So it was an illegal. When will our leaders freaking learn?

If any American person dies and it can be proved that they contracted the virus from an illegal, their family should sue the hell out of the federal goverment for not enforcing the laws on the books.

[TonySutton]

I did not read anything which said they entered the country illegally

[pacelli]

The mexican national baby was in the US for medical treatment of what, a pre-existing condition?

[jbrace]

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/29/swine.flu/index.html

Article says Mexican citizen who had gone to Houston, Texas for treatment.

If the child is a citizen of Mexico what are they doing in the U.S. for treatment?! Someone please explain.

[jbrace]

Associated Press


HOUSTON — Texas’ health officials say a Mexican toddler who is the first confirmed U.S. death from swine flu arrived in Texas from Mexico on April 4 and developed flu symptoms four days later.


The Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday the Mexico City boy had underlying health problems when he traveled to Brownsville Texas to visit relatives. He was admitted to a Houston hospital a few days after developing a fever and other flu symptoms and died on Monday night.


The boy was about 2 years old. Houston officials said he was 23 months old, but state officials said he was 22 months old and could not immediately explain the discrepancy.

http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4577096

[torchbearer]

Is this flu more deadly to mexican genetics?
Is this an answer to their poverty?
Or is our medical care that much better?

[torchbearer]

Associated Press


HOUSTON — Texas’ health officials say a Mexican toddler who is the first confirmed U.S. death from swine flu arrived in Texas from Mexico on April 4 and developed flu symptoms four days later.


The Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday the Mexico City boy had underlying health problems when he traveled to Brownsville Texas to visit relatives. He was admitted to a Houston hospital a few days after developing a fever and other flu symptoms and died on Monday night.


The boy was about 2 years old. Houston officials said he was 23 months old, but state officials said he was 22 months old and could not immediately explain the discrepancy.

http://www.recordpub.com/news/article/4577096

no birth certificate?

[jbrace]

no birth certificate?

What are the laws for foreigners visiting to use hospitals in the U.S.?